Christmas Card Workshop

I hosted my very first workshop 2 weeks ago!  i was very nervous, but excited!  well....aren't you curious as to what we made? 

of course, i won't disappoint you...here is what we did! :)

A very different kind of christmas card...which is why i love it!  gold embossing make the tree and "season's greetings" feel really elegant and flashy!

I call this the very traditional christmas color card.  bright red and green scream christmas!

i call this the country christmas color card.  it is a very subdued red and green, but then a little bling doesn't hurt anyone, does it?!?!

This is my modern christmas card....a deep red and deep green, otherwise known as cherry cobbler red and old olive green! 

Here is a close up of the tree and the little silver dots i used as "ornaments."  i like the dimension it gives the tree!

and last but not least....my FAVORITE out of the five cards!  a blue snowflake wonderland card with bling!  it has everything i love...blue and bling!

oh, and you can't forget about the inside...and some more sparkle!  a coworker of mine said the silver on the back ground looks like snow falling...love it!

so at the workshop, everyone made 25 cards....5 of each design!  it was a marathon of a day, but everyone said they had a lot of fun, but were definitely tired at the end of the day.  i also provided lunch and a special project...i found online how to stamp on a candle....i know...you are dying to see some pics....ill  post some soon and how we did it.  it was really cool and what a great homemade gift for the holidays!  

i now, can't wait for my next workshop!  don't know what it is yet...but there will definitely be more in my future!  happy weekend everyone! :)

Wreaths for The Beth Longwell Foundation silent auction

hey all! 

i hope middle of october finds you all well and getting ready for the holiday season that is FAST approaching! :) i love fall!  it is my favorite season!

my cousin beth passed away from lung cancer in 2007 and a foundation was started in her name. every year the foundation holds a silent auction and new this year, a movie screening!  my aunt, beth's mom, was in town over labor day weekend in seattle and asked if i could make something for the auction. i of course said yes!  i had made the wreath for my mom and mother in law (see below) and she saw those and loved them so i suggested a trio of wreaths.  the wreath idea took shape and because the holiday season was fast approaching, i decided on a fall wreath, a holiday wreath and a valentine's day wreath!  here they are for the viewing: 

The Fall Wreath

close up of the fall wreath

The Holiday Wreath

Close up of the winter wreath

The Valentine Wreath

Close up of the valentine wreath

as we speak, the wreaths are on their way to my aunt's house!  the foundation is in novemeber and i can't wait to hear how much the foundation raised this year to support my cousin and what she loved best, education and helping children.  :)  love to my family and beth, forever.

the past month and a half....continued....again

WOW....i look back to what i have done the past month and a half....and im shocked because it doesn't seem like i did anything except go to work and answer student questions!  lol!

my coworker came to me and asked if i would create something for a friend's wedding.  all my coworker said was that something to put pictures in, their house is kinda country and that i had free rein to create something!  so......here is what i came up with......

the big brown spots on the top right and bottom left are for the pictures.  the bottom right spot looks bare right in the photo here, but i put a quote there...it looked nice, i just forgot to take a picture of the completed frame.  :(  It is in a frame i got at half off at hobby lobby!

and the best part.....i got 2 more orders for frames like this for christmas presents!  :)

the past month and a half....continued....September Card Class

September's card class was a lot of fun!  i am trying to use only 1 stamp set for all the projects/cards i do for the month's class.  i think it shows people how much you can do with 1 stamp set.  september's stamp set was Button buddies!

here are the cards....there were 6 cards, 3 inches x 3 inches....cute little note cards!

Cherries!  and yes...they do move back and forth! ;)

Flower card

inside of flower card. not all cards had a saying.

flower pot!  love the black pot and the colorful flowers!

Piggie card!

inside of pig card

baby card!  love the neutral-ness of this card!

slug card!  notice the slug trail...the best part!  :)

onto the next post....

:)

the past month and half....continued

Next project on the list was decorating my coworkers cubbicle and office for her birthday!  Here is the banner i made.....

the complete banner!

close up of 1 letter. i had 3 different backgrounds. this is #1: cupcakes!

second background: party hats!

third background: strips!

and my favorite part of the banner..........the die cut cupcakes at the beginning and end of each word!

I love making my coworkers banners!  they are so much fun and i always try to do something different...sometimes that gets tough, but for some reason my brain always pulls through!  :)

the past month and a half!

i can't believe it is october!  where has the time gone?!

i know i have been MIA for awhile....super busy at work with the start of the quarter and just getting things worked out.  but that doesn't mean i haven't stopped crafting! :)

here are some things i have done in the past month and a half......

wreaths for my mom and mother in law, kim!

My mom's wreath! 

My mom decided that she likes the wreath as a centerpiece instead of hanging it! i love when my crafts turn into something completly different than what i imagined!

My mother in law's, Kim's, wreath!

Kim put it in her "garden room"...looks great!

Another project that i worked on was creating strawberries out of paper!  there is a picture in the new Stampin' UP! catalog of them and i just had to figure them out!  so, i went online and found out that the strawberry is made from a flower die cut.  Well, i don't have the die cut....so i improvised.  i printed out a picture of the die cut, then blew it up to the size i wanted on a copy machine, cut out the flower and made that into my stencil.  i know it seems like a lot of work for a little strawberry, but i had to do it!  :)  here is one i made, in the early stages.  I will try and get more pics of the "bushel o' berries" i made my mom...super cute!

more to come in subsequent postings!  :)